LOADING DATASHEET
GROUNDED IN REAL HUMAN CONVERSATIONSYOUR BENCH
Gemini TTS
▲ HOT
by Google
CLOSEDHOSTEDAPIPAIDCREATIVE
RANKED #7 OF 22 AUDIO · OVERALL #203 OF 6,567 · VIBE SCORE 5.9 · 74 VOICES
Use Gemini TTS Models to convert your prompts to real audio.
HAPPY9.8
6 mentions
SAD5.2
7 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 187 voices
QUIETLY DEGRADING
Recent vibe and chatter are both sliding.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Google hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Gemini TTS is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS6.1Kokoro TTSHexgradFast, lightweight open-weight text to speech with natural sounding voices.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY🪶 RUNS ON LESS⚡ FAST90 VOICESMATCH★★★
- OPEN WEIGHTS5.8F5 TTSSWividStrong open-weight voice cloning and natural speech synthesis for offline use.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE56 VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Not enough discussion about Gemini TTS yet to call it. We found 74 posts but people did not say much either way.
72 POSTS · 2 COMMENTS · GITHUB · X · REDDIT · LEMMY
PEOPLE LOVE
- No fan mail yet. The crowd is still warming up.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- No complaints yet. The internet is still looking for one. Suspicious.
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Other models the crowd has fully reviewed, starting with audio models like this one.
- Kokoro TTS7.3Kokoro · Audio2.9k VOICESCOMPARE
MiniMax Music 3
ElevenLabs Music
nemotron 3.5 asr streaming 0.6B> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2025-07-01 · 224 UPVOTESThe new Gemini TTS is insanely good at expressive voices.
The new Gemini TTS is insanely good at expressive voices.
- REDDIT · 2025-09-27 · 55 UPVOTESMistral seriously needs to develop an open source TTS
Mistral seriously needs to develop an open source TTS
- X · 2026-08-15 · 25 UPVOTESThe Odyssey story, narrated and visuals with Google models. This was fun to build! ✅ Designed an
The Odyssey story, narrated and visuals with Google models. This was fun to build! ✅ Designed an
- REDDIT · 2025-12-05 · 4 UPVOTESGemini TTS for OpenWebUI using OpenAI endpoint
Gemini TTS for OpenWebUI using OpenAI endpoint
- REDDIT · 2026-01-07 · 2 UPVOTESChatGPT App, problems with read aloud
ChatGPT App, problems with read aloud
- GITHUB · 2026-08-26 · 1 UPVOTESfix(cost-map): correct Gemini TTS and native-audio rates
fix(cost-map): correct Gemini TTS and native-audio rates
- GITHUB · 2026-08-29 · 1 UPVOTESfix(speech): stop forwarding response_format as a chat param for Gemini TTS
fix(speech): stop forwarding response_format as a chat param for Gemini TTS
- GITHUB · 2026-08-30 · 1 UPVOTESfix(speech): honor pcm/wav response_format for Gemini TTS and reject unsupported containers
fix(speech): honor pcm/wav response_format for Gemini TTS and reject unsupported containers
- GITHUB · 2026-08-24 · 0 UPVOTESfeat(api): add Google AI Studio Gemini TTS
feat(api): add Google AI Studio Gemini TTS
- GITHUB · 2026-08-17 · 0 UPVOTESAIチャットのモデルにGemini（Vertex AI）を追加する
AIチャットのモデルにGemini（Vertex AI）を追加する
- GITHUB · 2026-09-05 · 0 UPVOTESfeat(tts): research i optymalizacja reżyserii lektora Gemini TTS (audio prompting, barwy Lovecrafta)
feat(tts): research i optymalizacja reżyserii lektora Gemini TTS (audio prompting, barwy Lovecrafta)
- GITHUB · 2026-08-18 · 0 UPVOTESImplement production-aligned Gemini 3.1 Interactions TTS streaming
Implement production-aligned Gemini 3.1 Interactions TTS streaming